Improvement in dusting-brushes



J; H. BISHOP.

Dusting-Brushes.

N0.154,57 8, v Patented Sept .l,'1874.

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'. NITED STATES JEROME H. BIsHor, 0E WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN DUSTlNG-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,578, datedSeptember 1, 1874; application filed August 15, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEROME H. BIsHoP, ofWyandotte, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Dusters; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear. and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

.This invention relates to the hand dustbrushes used for dustingfurniture, carriages, 850.; the object thereof being to produce acheaper and better article of this class. I

In hand-dusters hitherto used the mop or brush portion has been so made,and of such material, as to render the duster useless after shortservice by reason of faulty construction and the use of material whichcollects and holds dirt and rubbish, of such harsh texture as to injureany fine or delicate surface, and, from its fragile nature, useless whensubjected to rough usage, and incapable of removing dust from crevices,or from grated or slatted articles, as the music-holder of a piano orthe spokes of a wheel. My invention effectually remedies thesedifficulties, and has many other advantages hereafter to be mentioned.

My said invention consists, broadly, of a mop or brush portion of ahand-duster, com.- posed of the skin of long-wool-producin g animalshaving the wool on, cut to form, by the union of its out edges,acylinder for ready attachment to the handle of a hand-duster, as willbe hereafter set forth; also, of the socketed-skin stem of a dust-brushsecured to its handle in a manner to leave a surrounding space which mayor may not be filled with stuffing to afford a proper degree ofelasticity to the skin stem of the brush. My invention also consists inthe method, to be hereinafter exemplified, of attachinga brush-or mop oflong and short, or long wool alone, to the handle of a hand-duster, byinserting said handle in a stuffed-skin cylinder-socket.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a hand-duster,illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, a section thereof; and Figs. 3 and 4,detail patterns of the skin as cut for proper joining and attachment tothe handle. V Various ways of applying the cut skin may suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art; but I have shown in thedrawings, and shall describe, my preferred manner of constructing ahand-duster embracing my invention.

The skins used are tanned and dyed, after the process patented to W. 0.Stone, of date February 7, 1871, (whereof I am assignee of a certaininterest,) with the wool on. By this process, which it is hereunnecessary to set forth, the skins of wool are rendered soft andpliable, their colors fast and capable of being washed, and perfectlymoth-proof. From the skins of wool so prepared are cut an oblong piece,A, with long wool, and a square piece, B, with short wool. These arethen sewed together, as shown in Fig. 3, and the long edges of thequadrangle thus formed are brought together and sewed, producing ahollow cylinder with pendent wool on its periphery. This piece A may beso cut as to produce a lap or closing end for the cylinder thus formed;but I prefer to sew a cap, 0, out from the long-wool skin, to the outeropen end, as this method preserves the symmetrical appearance of the mopportion of the duster. Into this receptacle cotton batting G, or otherstuifing, is then well rammed to about onethird its depth. The cylindernow forms a socket for the handle, which at its inserting end isshouldered, and terminates in a long projection, E, of less diameterthan the handle. Around this projection is wrapped sufficient layers ofthe cotton batting, and the handle forced in the cylinder, formed asabove described, so that the filling will give a proper degree ofelasticity to the skin stem. The skin edges of the cylinder are thentacked to the handle at a, and a clamping and holding band, D, isslipped over the handle, having bead F, which embraces the base of themop, without liability of cutting it.

The advantages obtained by the-use of a wool mop are, the perfectfreedom with which such a duster may be used upon the finest polishedsurface without scratching it; the nonliability of any of its flakesto-become detached,-as is the case in feather dusters; and itsadaptability for use in the carved and slatted work of furniture,ornamental brackets, bronzes, &c., and the rounds of chairs and spokesof wheels, and no matter how roughly.

It is obvious that the packing of the cylinder-socket is not absolutelynecessary to its proper attachment to the handle; but it has the effectof giving elasticity to the sweep of the brush, and, being lighter thanwood, it

yet'serves the same purpose as a prolongation of the heavy woodenhandle.

I claim 1. A hand-duster, its mop or brush portion made of skin coveredwith long wool and cut to admit of its formation into a cylindricalsocket, substantially as described.

2. The socketed skin stem of a dust-brush, as described, secured to itshandle and leaving a surrounding space which may be filled withstuffing, substantially as described.

, V 3. The mop and the base thereof, formed from separate and distinctsections of cylinders, united to make the brush, as described.Witnesses: JEROME H. BISHOP.

A. E. H. JOHNSON, J. W. HAMILTON JOHNSON.

